Biologicals Product & Business Development Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting.  From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.
 

Job Description

Role Purpose:

Syngenta Seedcare’s ambition, is to take a leading position in the Biological market in 5Y-10Y period of time and generate value for customers and Syngenta revenue. The role of the Biologicals Product & Business Development Manager reports to Seedcare Portfolio Development Lead EAME and is part of the broader EAME Seedcare team. It’s a critical and key contributor role, to the bold ambition to become the #1 leading company in Biological Seed Treatment.

  • Manage and lead Biological Product branding, pricing, value proposition, supply/demand forecast optimization.
  • Drive continued & profitable market share growth for the assigned Biological products through the development of Biologicals product brand plans designed to serve customer needs, in a sustainable way.
  • Manage the product pipeline and define offers considering biologicals and combinations with chemistry.
  • Identify new business opportunities, markets, partnerships and new GTM options to propose, for reaching new or existing markets with new offers and stories.
  • 3rd party in-licensing activities to fill the pipeline for Biologicals, in close collaboration with Market Development Managers.

Accountabilities:

  • Act as the go-to person for the assigned Biological products.
  • Ensure execution of the Biologicals product strategy and tactics to meet the business and financial objectives of the Region.
  • Together with Seedcare Portfolio Development Lead EAME, Seedcare Commercial Portfolio Lead EAME and Seedcare Technical Expert EAME, design and develop Integrated solutions and differentiated portfolio offers.
  • Support the Market Development Managers in establishing a ready for future portfolio across EAME.
  • Market Analysis, Planning and Strategy development with relevant Global Biologicals colleagues.
  • Generate internal biologicals product knowledge by learning and scaling and sharing this knowledge across EAME commercial teams.
  • Provide guidance and all necessary information about market trends and competitor movements to BUs, to ensure a credible 5Y planning in close collaboration with Market Development Managers.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Master’s degree in Agronomy, Marketing, Business or Science
  • Understanding of Biologicals specifics and experience from working with relevant products and markets
  • 3-5 years’ experience, in marketing or sales roles in agribusiness – preferably in the biological space
  • In-market experience, under a commercial environment
  • Excellence in agronomy and CP knowledge – specifically in biological products
  • Agronomy and marketing acumen, understanding of the market needs and trends
  • Understanding of the value of technical information in delivering sound value propositions
  • Data interpretation - conversion from data to insights
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, fluent in English, every other European language is a strong plus

Additional Information

What we offer:

We offer a variety of financial and non-financial benefits including:

  • Annual bonuses.
  • A competitive pension fund plan.
  • Preferential conditions with insurance companies.
  • Family-friendly initiatives.
  • Exclusive reduction offers for employees.
  • We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment #bringingplantpotentialtolife.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

 

 

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